Addressing-machine



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l J. M.' BOLTON.

Addressing. Machine.

No. 236,143. Patented Jan, 4, i881.

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N.PErERs. PHOTO'LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C UNTTED STATES PATENTFries..

. JAMES M. BOLTON, OF ATLANTIC, IOWA.

I ADDREsslNG-MACH'INE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 236,143, dated January4, 1881.

Application filed August 16, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES M. BOLTON, of Atlantic, in the county of Cassand State of Iowa, have invented an Improved Addressing-Machine, ofwhich the following is a speci- The object of my invention is to savetime, labor, and expense in printing the addresses ofnewspaper-subscribers upon papers or wrappers repeatedly, as required tomail a copy of each issue of the publication to each subscriber.

Heretofore addresses have been set up in type and printed upon slips,from which slips they were cut off consecutively and pasted upon thepapers or wrappers. Addresses set up in type or cut into blocks havebeen carried by galleys or endless chains to consecutively come intocontact with inking-rollers and under the platen of anaddressing-machine that could be operated by means of a hand-leverortreadle to make impressions upon papers placed under the platen. Thesemodes require the use of movable type, and when large lists of addressesare to be printed the expense of procuring and retaining the addresses 1in forms and galleys is burdensome. Endless belts have also been formedof stencil-plates specially constructed for the purpose, and used in anaddressing-machine to accomplish the results contemplated. A paperribbon has also been perforated and used as a stencil imprintingaddresses.

To dispense with movable type I construct an addressing-machine adaptedto print addresses consecutively and repeatedly and rapidly from commonand cheap stencil-plates, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 of my drawings is a longitudinal section of my machine. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the complete machine. Together they clearlyillustrate the construction and operation of my complete invention.

c is the bed-plate and base of my stencilplate printingpress. It may bemade or wood, iron, or any other suitable material, and vary in size asdesired.

b b are side pieces rigidly secured to the side edges of the bed-plate cby means of screws, or in any suitable way, to form a frame for mycomplete press. They are uniform in size and shape, about twice as longas the bed-plate, and twice as wide as the depth or thickness of thebed-plate.

c c are driver-rollers mounted in the frame near the ends of thebed-plate a, and in a horizontal line with the vertical center of thebedplate.

d d is an endless pad stretched over the rollers c in such a manner asto inclose the bed-plate a and tostretch over the top surface of thebed-plate, to perform the functions of an inking cylinder or pad, andalso of a carrier.

fis a ratchet-wheel fixed to one of the ends of the axle or one ofl thegudgeons of one of the rollers c, that project outward through thebearings formed in or attached to the side pieces, b, of the frame. v

g is a bifurcated hand-lever pivoted to the combined roller and ratchetcf.

7L is a gravitating pawl pivoted to the lever g in such a position thatit will engage the ratchet-wheel f. I,

t' is a bar extending downward from the central portion of the pivotedhand-lever g. It terminates in a platen-head adapted in size and form tocover anaddress cut into a stencil-plate, and to press a paper orwrapper downward through an auxiliary bed-plate, 7c, that has an openingcorresponding with the platen-head, and is fixed to the frame b toextend over the elastic endless and movable inking-pad d, and also overthe fixed bed-plate a.

m represents a grooved slide, galley, or belt, into which the ends ofstencil-plates of individual addresses are inserted, to be held togetherand to form a continuous belt that can be placed upon the endless padand carrier d and moved under the platen-head t by the intermittentmotions of the lever-handle g, as required to print addressessuccessively by means of the connected stencil-plates. The slide m, thusconnected with the continuous belt of stencil-plates and resting uponthe endless Ycarrier d, will be moved, jointly with the plates,

by the operation of said endless carrier, upon which the slide andplates jointly rest, and after they jointly pass from underthe auxiliarybed-plate k they can be readily lifted from the machine and stored away.

n is the frame of an inking apparatus, in

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which a series of rollers, l 2 3, is mounted in such a manner that itcan be readily placedin the rear end of the frame b b and in contactwith the endless inking-pad d.

s is a roller mounted in the front end of the frame b b to hold thestencil-plates and retain them on a level with the endless carrier andpad d, upon which they are to be moved rearward under the auxiliarybedplate k and platen-head z'.

In the practical operation of my machine thus formed I placeit upon atable or platform, and the papers that are to be marked contiguousthereto. The addresses, previously cut into the stencil-plate andalphabetically or numerically arranged in slides, galleys, or belts, arethen placed under the auxiliary bed-plate and passed through the machineby the operation of the lever-handle g. When the first stencil addresscan be seen through the opening ot the plate k one of the newspapers orwrappers is placed upon the auxiliary bed L and the platen-head t'brought down upon it with pressure sufficient to meet the resistingforce of the fixed bed a. and to cause the elasticinking-pad d to bepressed upward, thereby, through the stencil, to make an impression uponthe paper or wrapper. The upward motion of the handle f/ required tofree the paper will cause the pawl It to actuate the combinedratchet-wheel and rollerj' c, and thereby move the carrier andinking-pad and carry the movable slide m and the stencil-plates held inand carried by said slide rearward. Each upward motion of thelever-handle will thus advance tially as shown and described, for thepurl poses specified.

2. Thecombination of theendless carrier and pad d, the auxiliarybed-plate 7c, the movable slide or galley m, carrying stencil-plates,and the hand-lever g, carrying aplate1i-head,z',sub stantially as shownand described, to operate in the manner set forth.

3. The improved addressing-machine composed of the following elementsand subcombinations. to wit: the bed-plate and frame a b b, the endlesscarrier and inking-pad d, rollers c c, the operative mechanism j' q L,the platen-head i, the auxiliary bed-plate k, the inkng apparatus a l 23, anda slide or device adapted to hold together and carrystencilplates, substantially as shown and described, to be operated inthe manner set forth.

JAMES M. BOLTON.

Witnesses:

JNo. W. SCOTT, LAFAYETTE YOUNG.

